Exactly! That’s why I always say that robot mops are not for heavy messes, but juts maintenance mopping. Although some come closer than others.

Thank you!

Unfortunately no, I didn't. But I can tell you that the water usage is extremely small. That little container can "mop" my house twice on the highest water setting.

@@MrRoombato just for comparison how big is your house? On the highest water setting and cleaining twice mine used around 100 ml for 15 m².

@@PepeBWJ The main floor, which is what I meant, is about 1600 square feet.

I had the same thoughts, but it doesn't seem to affect things much in practice. Though of course the self-washing capabilities of newer units changes things dramatically.

I actually had the exact opposite experience. Also, Alexa is better in some ways (some friends have it working in their home) but it's definitely dumber. I tried asking it things for several hours while visiting friends and while google assistant is dumb, alexa is several orders of magnitude dumber.

I don't think it would change very much, because of my experience with the iLife Shinebot. What would change, I think, is using a LOT more water. If you want, I can make a video where I use the exact same cranberry juice stain but then spray the @!@##$ out of it with regular water just before the robot passes over it. I'm kinda curious to see what would happen, but I suspect it will clean most of it. The shinebot would definitely pick it up if I lay down a puddle just before it passes.

@@MrRoombato I see. Yeah I think it would be interesting to see if the robot succeeds at cleaning up the cranberry stain if there's alot of water on the floor beforehand. I also have a more general question about whether the pro mopping module is any better than the original T8 mop

Okay, I'll put that video on the list. As for is it better? Yes. A lot better. Is it 100 dollars better? Probably not. Considering that the included one doesn't really do more than if you mildly wet a paper towel and very lightly dragged it along the floor, "a lot better" isn't saying that much. Think of this one as wetting a paper towel and actually wiping the floor. It's worth doing but it won't accomplish much more than picking up dust. I highly recommend you invest in an iLife Shinebot. It's a little less than twice the price of this attachment when on sale.

I wouldn't worry too much about using something like iRobot's mopping solution. I didn't use my T8 for mopping for very long, but I did use that solution and I can't see it damaging anything. If it does wear out in a year, buy another one, and consider it part of the cost of clean floors.

The T8 and N8 come with a standard mapping pad (that does vibrate) and are-usable pad alongside some disposable pads. The pro mopping attachment is standalone and vibrates for improved mopping.

There is, if I remember correctly, a setting in the app for water level, but I never had any luck getting it to release enough water. I ended up wetting the pad in the sink before use.

Of the ones you mentioned, only the S6, T8, S10 and L10 have object avoidance. The S10 isn’t that good at it. The L10 is good at it but can’t identify objects so it may come into contact with pet waste. The T8 AIVI and S6 Max V are very good at it. The S6 is better but the T8 has an available auto-empty station and is better on carpets. But its app is buggy. If I didn’t care about self emptying bins, and I do, a lot, I would pick the S6. Otherwise I’d go with the T8.

That’s exactly right. That’s what it’s for. Wetting first only helps it get started.

I don't think there's such a thing as a robot mop that doesn't leave streaks. Even normal mops leave streaks. I think the only thing that doesn't is a steam mop. Wouldn't that be cool...a robot steam mop!

@@MrRoombato Waiting for the day to come soon 😉

Same thing happened to my s5 max roborock. What i do now is wet the mop pad and turn off the water. That is serving well. Sad.

@@pusico6555 That may damage the internal components. Or it may not. You tell me in a few months. :)

No, sorry. I don't plan to buy an S7. I am holding out for the "S7 MaxV" or whatever it will be called.

@@MrRoombato why are you skipping the s7 and what is forecasted for the s7max? I'm in the market for an s7 but I haven't heard anything about the following model

@@sssboi2104 I may actually skip both...I've gotten reports from subscribers that the rubber brush and/or floating brush housing are scratching their floors. But if that were not true, I would skip the S7 because all hybrid robots suck at mopping (it's part of their design, they can't help it) and I don't want to pay top dollar for just another LIDAR robot. It's just not interesting to me. If you don't care about mopping, and if floor scratching was not a thing, what's the difference between the S7 and something like a Neabot N1, which costs under 500 with the auto-empty station? Now...with AI, that becomes interesting. So if it were not for scratching, I'd get an S7 AIVI, or whatever it will be called.

It's really hard to recommend something at the moment. A lot of new stuff is just around the corner, and everything on the market has serious issues. Except the Neabot N1. It's not the best, but it's pretty good and so far, at least for me, trouble free. I would recommend the Roomba i7+, because it's reliable, robust and works really well, but the tech is so outdated at this point, you have to be the sort of person who just wants something that works and doesn't care about having the latest and greatest.

It doesn't really. There isn't enough weight on the scrubbing pad. That's why the M6 is so effective...its mopping pad takes the place of the caster wheel and the weight of the robot presses down on it. It's also why the m6 stinks at crossing floor dividers. Hybrid robot mops, even the best ones like this ones, are only good for keeping floors clean. They can clean light messes but that's about it.

None of these hybrid robot mops can deal with heavy messes. They are meant for light messes and to keep your floor clean. You can improve this thing's cleaning ability, however, by using the washable mopping pad (you can get it on there...Adam's Tech Reviews has a video on it if you have trouble). The best way to use this is to use a normal mop or a swiffer on big messes and use this for "maintenance mopping."

@@MrRoombato thank you

It should, but I can't be certain. Does the N8 have power connectors behind the stock mop reservoir? As far as I know, the N8 is the same robot as the T8, just with a smaller battery.

You're going to do this for every video, aren't you.

Yes, but it cannot lift the mop and so it will avoid carpet.

@@MrRoombato Hi! Does this mean the backing needs to be removed when you want the T8 to vacuum on carpet? :)

@@cockasauras Yes, the pro-mopping attachment should be removed. I don't think you have to if you don't mind damp carpets.

I can't, but you can!

i have the same problem and it happen to me with 2 of them!! i mean 2 osmo pro!!

Yep, that would definitely work. Even water might do the trick with some stains.

i guess it is quite randomly asking but do anyone know a good place to stream newly released tv shows online ?

@Myles Zayd i would suggest Flixzone. Just google for it :)

@@myleszayd4712 I would suggest paying for your own shit

@Victor Calvin Yup, been using flixzone for since april myself =)

The Narwal T10 has two rotating pads! And the iLife W400/W450 have spinning mop brushes, which is even better.

I know about using the cloth pad, learned about it on Adam's channel (do you subscribe to Adam's Tech Reviews? You should!!) but not about this work around. Thank you for the tip! How do you get it to save the same map as a different floor map?

@@MrRoombato Oh just enable mutilfloor map and it will ask to save the current map into the first floor map. You will find sometimes the Deebot would run itself or unable to locate ,,,this trick will help to recover the previous discovered map (like delete the incomplete map and the save map will be automatically become active one)

@@jpthsd It doesn’t ask me to save the map when enable multi floor map. It just displays an empty map and says please create a new map. And since I can’t trust this thing to manage even one map... :)